The Big Picture: Queen Latifah Career & Biographical Notes: Born Dana Elaine Owens Her third album, Black Reign, was the first by a female rapper to go gold Got her first big break in acting when she appeared in the Fox TV series Living Single Coronation was not the gala affair that Prince expects when his time comes

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Queen Latifah Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Bone Collector, The
• Chicago
• Hairspray
• Stranger Than Fiction

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Ice Age: Continental Drift	7/13/12	N/A
Joyful Noise	1/13/12	N/A
Valentine's Day	2/12/10	N/A
The Secret Life of Bees	10/17/08	N/A
Mad Money	1/18/08	PG-13			16.23	Info
Perfect Holiday	12/14/07				0.38	Info
Arctic Tale	7/25/07	N/A
Hairspray	7/20/07	PG			82.45	Info
Stranger Than Fiction	11/10/06	PG-13	2264	13.41	36.91	Info
Last Holiday	1/13/06	PG-13	2514	15.51	38.12	Info
Beauty Shop	3/30/05	PG-13	2659	12.80	36.31	Info
Taxi	10/6/04	PG-13	3001	12.03	36.61	Info
The Cookout	9/3/04	PG-13	1303	6.22	11.54	Info
Barbershop 2	2/6/04	PG-13	2711	24.24	64.96	Info
Bringing Down the House	3/7/03	PG-13	2801	31.10	132.68	Info
Chicago	12/27/02		1841	10.79	170.68	Info
Brown Sugar	10/11/02		1372	10.74	27.36	Info
The Country Bears	7/26/02	G	2553	5.31	16.99	Info

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Awards:

2002
Chicago

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors' Guild

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